It’s been a while but the latest movie from Oscar winning filmmaker Danny Boyle is finally here in the form of 127 Hours, which tells the real life tale of survival of mountain climber Aron Ralston.
Everyone has been waiting with bated breath for Boyle’s nest move after he won Best Director and best Picture for Slumdog Millionaire in 2009. He had been linked to My Fair Lady and Bond but has instead teamed up with James Franco from this incredible story.
127 Hours is the true story of mountain climber Aron Ralston’s (James Franco) remarkable adventure to save himself after a fallen boulder crashes on his arm and traps him in an isolated canyon in Utah.
Over the next five days Ralston examines his life and survives the elements to finally discover he has the courage and the wherewithal to extricate himself by any means necessary, scale a 65 foot wall and hike over eight miles before he is finally rescued.
Throughout his journey, Ralston recalls friends, lovers (Clemence Poesy), family, and the two hikers (Amber Tamblyn and Kate Mara) he met before his accident.
Will they be the last two people he ever had the chance to meet? A visceral, thrilling story that will take an audience on a never before experienced journey and prove what we can do when we choose life.
